Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2159 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Planetdns Planetfileserver 2.0.1.3
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
mshftp.dll in PlanetDNS PlanetFileServer 2.0.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long request.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessus
| NASL family | FTP |
| NASL id | PLANETFILESERVER_OVERFLOW.NASL |
| description | The remote host appears to be running PlanetFileServer, an FTP server for Windows from PlanetDNS. The installed version of PlanetFileServer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing large commands. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this flaw to crash the service or execute arbitrary code as administrator. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 18611 |
| published | 2005-07-05 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18611 |
| title | PlanetFileServer mshftp.dll Data Processing Remote Overflow |